Sailplane & Gliding 1966 - Lakes Gliding Club

C.F.L, Jack COllillS, started off well at
ones.tage, but got led astray by an Autobalm
that sat itself down in the middle
of the countryside when he wasn't looking,
though the map said it shouldn't be
there! Someone else, who shall be name·
less. dented our beloved new Swallow
on a retrieve - he might at least have
done it when flying, and introduced a
little drama into this report. AlI-in-all,
perhaps we'd better quietly draw a veil
over Laarbruch's efforts - better luck
next year.
The redecQrated and enlarged c1ubroom
w;.!s formally opened OD Friday,
5th August - well, it was opened, anyway.
No longer do club members have
to grope their way into a: twilight Hole
of Calcutta - now we can see Qur
friends in time to avoid them. Many
thanks to ,the' members of other clubs
who came along and helped reduce the
place to a shambles! Also thanks to
the 20th Century Sounds, who played
music for dancing, and, apart from free
booze, accepted no payment for their
services. We're still trying to work ,out
which would have been cheaper'!
No certificates to report this time,
rather unsettled weather resulted in few
flying hours, and the Comps. accounted
for the loss of several more, as far as
non-comp. standard members were conceroed.
V. E. G.
OVERSEAS NEWS
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the world where soaring is done.-A. E. SLATER, Overseas News Editor.
AUSTRALIA
Qc tJEENSLAND Soaring Champion­
. ships, held over the Easter holiday,
were won by Mal' Howland with a Ka-6,
who earneo 1,000 points on each of the
two days when he flew. 1. Aspland and
K. Wright, 2nd and 3rd, shared a Mucha..
The first two tas"s were out-and-returns.
The third was a 52-mile triangle, twice
round for League I (only Aspland did
it) and once round for League 2 (four
completed it, F. Maiden in a Kingfisher
averaging 30.5 m.p.h.). The last task for
League 1 was an 86-mile triangle in
which only two scored, starting olf in
opposit,e directions; in League 2, all
six who tried completed a 41-mile outand·return.
Entries numbered ! 7, 1110st
with alternate pilots.
At an Easter Regatta at Gawler,
attended by four .clubs, the last task
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was a 45-mile out-and-return to be flown
one, two or three times,; this was to enable
the overall average speed to be
brought up if the first lap was a slow
one, but anyone failing to complete a
second lap was marked for 30% less
than the actual speed on thc. first one. In
consequence most people, after completing
Al good lap, handed the machine to
another pilot.
The Victoria Easter Competition, with
three tasks, was won by Sue SutcF, with
Bob Martin second and Alan Patching
third; each flew an ES-60.
A third generation of Igguldens has
begun gliding: Brett, son of G.F.A.
president Bill, and Roberta, daughter of
vice-president Jack. Their grandfather,
who died recently, was a pioneer of
Australian gliding.
Australian Gliding